for some good inspiration, best to go to your local video shop and hire out afew movies...

another option is that when your working job afer job, and u dont have time to keep making new menus, create on which is a "standard" for you and stick with it.
Basically a template that u can always go back to when needed or to tweak as required..

Instead of showing video here (which really wont give u an idea as to how the menu wrks (which is more important) Ill explain how ot get a decent DVD package together..

1) decide what material you will use for you first play... being that as soon as the DVD begins, this piece of media will play. I used to use my company logo, however i find that to be a little cheesy. Now i only use Dolby Trailers, as im licensed with Dolby Labs. Its looks far more professional and doesnt give that feeling of tryin to sell yourself. Its a reversed psychology selling technique i guess...

OKies, once uve worked out ur first play, you want the first initial DVD page to come up.

In here, i usually try to keep the media at 1minute and no more. U can fit ALOT of info in one minute..
Now depending on my clients, they might want a small hilight piece for the menu, or i like to have an animated slideshow of either the day, or from them growing up... This conintuosly plays in the background and loops to the Dolby Trialer when completed, then starts again..
Now the structure of this element is key.. coz u dont want to clutter it up..

For my buttons, i have one "Play Movie" button.. this is ALWAYS on the front page and it always links to the main feature.
I then have a Scene Selection button, which jumps to another page with a still image as teh background and no music (this is for compression reasons)
All buttons on the first page are text only, as the video in the menu is the focus of teh piece, not how flashy my buttons are... (that comes later)
From there, moving to the scene selection area, as the background is a still, i switch the style to have Animated thumbnali buttons. This brings movement to this area, and is a good way for the client to sneak preview each chapter.

All buttons are using underlines, arrows or colour changes to signify that the button is selected.

If i have a special feature, such as a reedit of a photoshoot or an outakes piece, i always import it as a seperate piece of media and have it looping back to the menu.

I then create a playlist (on the same front page of the DVD Menu) which has a play all... usually the fetaure, bonus scenes, and then the outakes.

I use DVD Architect and Spruce (for commercial stuff which is a little more intense) and am yet to have an issue with either.

so... no1 likes to share? i mean, i don't need to see it animated. in fact i hate animated menus in commercial DVDs that i have skip over. i love static DVD menus or DVDs that play instantly (like Godfather) the minute you put it in. but in keeping with the clients, i gotta make it look swell.

There's probably some caution in handing out designs willy-nilly, but also most DVD players don't allow you to take screenshots for various copyright/technical reasons (Apple won't let you screenshot, PCs don't let you screenshot an overlay).

My main menu usually is structured:

Play [plays the feature length wedding doc]
Chapter or Index
(optional) Setup
Special Features

Chapter Index menu:
chapters to the feature - animated if I have the disc space

Special Features menu (no particular order):
1. Bonus Footage / Deleted Scenes [opens another menu to Play All or just select one]
2. Trailer(s)
3. Alternate Edits [anything that was in the feature that got cut short - no menu, all play back to back, or an alternate angle]
4. Still Gallery [if I've got the space left I'll create something out of these, otherwise it's just a simple slideshow]
5. Anything else

Setup menu:
If I have a client that does audio commentary they can turn it on here (or via the remote).

Any selection brings you back to the menu where you selected (like playing a bonus/deleted clip brings you back to the bonus menu). All menus are navigatable back to Home or Previous menu.